Singing is good for the soul; sunshine is good for the body and growing vegetables is good for the belly!
Such a lot has happened since I last blogged. I will try not to bore you too much, but apologies if I do.
Monday I had the blood pressure monitor put on and was told that it was very sensitive and I had to keep perfectly still each time it beeped - every 15 minutes... Not easy when we had to go over to Kings Lynn to see Luke's show. Everytime it went off in the car I got an error message. It was good to see how much some of the Academy had improved over the past year. There was a gospel choir there called IDMC who did a workshop with the kids over the holiday. They were really good. They tried to get the audience involved and singing - but they weren't very receptive. When he asked everybody to get up and start clapping I felt bad at not being able to get out of my chair, but it didn't stop me from singing. I just let rip and it felt good. In the second half they did "Lean on Me" which is one of my fave songs, so I again let rip. I had my eyes closed and just sang. John came over and put the mic towards me, but I just closed my eyes and sang and sang and sang. I didn't realise he stood next to me for the whole song, and the voices I was hearing over the sound system was mine and the choir! At the end of the night I was congratulated on my voice by one of the choir members and told to keep it up... The only thing that spoiled it was having a huge fit towards the end of the night. I get very embarrassed to be sat there shaking and tremoring and having no control over myself.
Tuesday the sun shone again. Absolutely glorious to be outside. We went out as a family into Boston. Despite the fact that I had the BP machine on and get buzzing and whirring every 15 minutes, we had a fab time. We took our time and wandered around and then went to Asda and did the shopping and picked up some seeds and stuff.
Wednesday we went and saw Pat and Ken. Beth stayed with Ken and helped Ben shift a tonne of bark from the front to the back garden. Mand, Pat and I went to Springfields and then to Sainsburys and then we went back and had a Chinese when Jack and Luke got there. When we got home we planted up our veg and stuff and made a complete mess in the dining room!
Today I am suffering and have the blinking BP monitor on again as I had too many errors on the last one. The error messages are all to do with irregular heart rhythms or off the scale readings. I will be so glad to get rid of the thing tomorrow. But tomorrow will also be a difficult day as Mand is having her carpal tunnel release. I'm really worried about her and the pain she will be in, but we will overcome it. We are strong.
Tuesday the sun shone again. Absolutely glorious to be outside. We went out as a family into Boston. Despite the fact that I had the BP machine on and get buzzing and whirring every 15 minutes, we had a fab time. We took our time and wandered around and then went to Asda and did the shopping and picked up some seeds and stuff.
Wednesday we went and saw Pat and Ken. Beth stayed with Ken and helped Ben shift a tonne of bark from the front to the back garden. Mand, Pat and I went to Springfields and then to Sainsburys and then we went back and had a Chinese when Jack and Luke got there. When we got home we planted up our veg and stuff and made a complete mess in the dining room!
Today I am suffering and have the blinking BP monitor on again as I had too many errors on the last one. The error messages are all to do with irregular heart rhythms or off the scale readings. I will be so glad to get rid of the thing tomorrow. But tomorrow will also be a difficult day as Mand is having her carpal tunnel release. I'm really worried about her and the pain she will be in, but we will overcome it. We are strong.
You are both strong and a couple and that is what will get you both through everything that you are coping with at this time.
ReplyDeleteGrowing is very good for you and will make you look forwards instead of worrying about yesterday. Plants only ever grow in a forward motion and the future is always a better day than yesterday (apart from the potato blight, obviously)!!
I have pulled a substantial muscle in my abdomen (don't ask!!) and can barely sit, lie down or stand but I still managed to crawl into the potting shed and plant up the runner beans for two weeks time!! I can't be that ill......or is it just the gloriousness of Nature spurring me on.....I think so.
Love to you all and keep safe. I can say a non-religious prayer to the God of my veggie patch for you and know that she listens.
Dawn xxx